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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations
he has received from the Family Holidays Association on providing financial support
for domestic holidays for families in need.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference
to A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations
for change, published 15 October 2018, what progress has been made on the commitment
to collaborate with (a) the LGA, (b) digital experts, (c) local authorities, (d) Ministry
for Housing and (e) the voluntary sector to pilot in four areas how better use of
data can help make it easier for people to find local activities, services and support.

<p>As announced in last year’s loneliness strategy, ‘A connected society - A strategy
for tackling loneliness’, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in collaboration
with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, has partnered with
the Local Government Association to run a series of pilots to explore how local authorities
and their partners can capture and share information on local activities and support
that might help to tackle loneliness.</p><p>Partners across local government, digital
experts and representatives from the voluntary sector have helped to shape the scope
of the pilots. Building on existing work carried out with local authorities to provide
quality assured categorised place-wide service data, these pilots will seek to test
and refine data standards and taxonomies, investigate ways of collecting information
to make them more efficient, accurate and sustainable, and explore how stakeholders
from a range of sectors can be motivated to capture this data and keep it up to date.
Data and learning will be published in order to encourage wider take-up by other local
authorities by the end of March 2020.</p><p>Local authority areas in England have
now been selected through an expression of interest process, details of which will
be announced later this year.</p>

Government’s Sporting Future strategy set out the importance of people accessing
and experiencing major sporting events and the important outcomes that this can contribute
to. It was also clear that Government wants to see sport’s inspirational impact have
as broad a reach as possible.<p /><p>UK Sport studies show the motivational power
of sport, with two thirds of the British public saying they have been inspired by
the success of our Olympic and Paralympic teams and 40% of these people being motivated
to do more sport or active recreation than normal.</p><p>Government welcomes the BBC's
announcement that it will stream over 1000 hours of extra sport a year. Along with
the BBC Connected Sport app, this will allow greater access for fans across the country
to view sport. Government also welcomes the decision by Sky to show the final of the
2019 Cricket World Cup on free-to-air television (Channel 4 and More 4), giving millions
of viewers the opportunity to unite behind the England team.</p><p />Sport England
is investing over £1.2bn in grassroots sport over 2016-21 to ensure that there are
opportunities for people from all backgrounds and levels of ability to get active.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding
his Department allocated to projects to support grassroots sports facilities in Coventry
in each of the last five years.

<p>Sport and physical activity facilities in Coventry have benefited from over £1.2m
Exchequer and Lottery funding through Sport England over the last five years. This
is on top of Sport England’s total spend on community sport and physical activity
in Coventry over the same period, more than £6.5m.</p>

<p>The government reduced the maximum stake on B2 gaming machines from £100 to £2,
to help stop extreme losses by those who were least able to afford them. We engaged
with the gambling industry to understand the potential impact on jobs, both as proposals
were developed and following the announcement.</p><p> </p><p>The government will engage
with William Hill and other bookmakers, as well as the Association of British Bookmakers,
to establish the level of employee support that may be required. Jobcentre Plus’s
Rapid Response Service is also ready to support any worker who may be affected by
job losses associated with this announcement.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions
his Department has had with devolved Administrations in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland
on policies to tackle loneliness.

<p>Government Officials from the tackling loneliness team have conducted regular discussions
with the devolved administrations of Scotland and Wales every 6 weeks throughout the
course of 2018 and 2019. The last meeting took place on 19 June 2019, the next meeting
is scheduled for 1 August 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p>

<p>The cross-government ministerial group has met twice since the launch of the strategy
last year, meeting in December 2018 and March 2019, in addition to regular correspondence
and updates, most recently in July 2019. Further meetings are planned in the future.</p><p>
</p>

<p>To help ensure effective implementation of the loneliness strategy, ‘A connected
society - A strategy for tackling loneliness’ and to progress wider work on loneliness,
Government Officials from the tackling loneliness team regularly engage with the Loneliness
Action Group, convened by the British Red Cross and Co-op.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials
have presented on implementation of the strategy at the two meetings of the Loneliness
Action Group which have taken place since the strategy’s publication, in November
2018 and February 2019. The Minister for Loneliness and officials also spoke at the
Loneliness Action Group conference, ‘From Policy to Action: Where Next for Loneliness?’on
21 May 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Officials also conduct regular discussions
with representatives from the British Red Cross and Co-op partnership.</p><p> </p>

<p>The government’s loneliness strategy, ‘A connected society - A strategy for tackling
loneliness’, recognises that, while increasingly we understand the impact of loneliness,
there is less certainty about its drivers and what works to tackle it. As a result,
the strategy did not set a quantitative target for change. Rather it sets out the
government's commitment to establishing a clearer picture of the prevalence of loneliness,
through a new national measure and by developing the evidence base on what works.
It commits government to publishing annual progress reports that provide an update
on the implementation of the policies set out in the strategy, as well as the development
of additional policies. As government reviews its approach, and further learning is
generated, government will explore the possibility – and suitability – of setting
a quantitative target for change. This is not likely to be possible for some years,
as it will take time for sufficient data and learning to be available. The government’s
first annual report on tackling loneliness, expected to be published later this year,
will provide an update on this.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress
his Department has made on the commitment in the loneliness strategy to (a) include
loneliness in the guidance for the family test and (b) embed consideration of loneliness
and relationships throughout the policy-making process.

<p>As announced in last year’s loneliness strategy, ‘A connected society - A strategy
for tackling loneliness’, Government’s intention is to embed consideration of loneliness
and relationships throughout the policy-making process. Government is exploring various
mechanisms for doing this and an update on progress will be provided in the first
annual report on tackling loneliness, expected to be published later this year.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The guidance for the Family Test is currently being refreshed and
consideration of loneliness is included in the draft text. The updated guidance is
due to be published later this year.</p><p> </p>